Test 11 · ★ · pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London,…
Did Dick know a lot of folk in London?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dick · What happens: know · To what, where: lot
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 358 «pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London, buys a cat, sends it to sea, and turns back home» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 know | aux |
| 2 | Dick | Dick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 know | nsubj |
| 3 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lot | det |
| 5 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 know | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 folk | case |
| 7 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lot | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 London | case |
| 9 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 folk | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past · do-support | Dick | a lot of folk in London | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1
Nah, he knew only the cook, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 cook | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cook | det |
| 7 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knew | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cook | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | he | the cook and mate | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cook=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he knew everyone in the town and had lots of friends at the market
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 knew | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 town | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 town | det |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knew | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 had | cc |
| 10 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 knew | conj |
| 11 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 had | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 friends | case |
| 13 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 lots | nmod |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 market | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 market | det |
| 16 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | he | everyone | the town | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everyone=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | have | past | he not said here | lots of friends | the market | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
Option 3
Nah, he didn't know anybody there, not even the cook or the captain, mate
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 know | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 know | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 know | advmod |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | anybody | anybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 know | obj |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 know | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cook | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 cook | advmod |
| 11 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 cook | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 cook | det |
| 13 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 know | parataxis |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 captain | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 captain | det |
| 16 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cook | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mate | punct |
| 18 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cook | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | past · do-support | he | anybody | there | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anybody=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he didn't know anybody there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 know | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 know | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 know | advmod |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | anybody | anybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 know | obj |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 know | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | past · do-support | he | anybody | there | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anybody=Stimulus |
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